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James Spurr was a native of Yorkshire, England, born at Tuxford in 1830. As a young man, he emigrated to Tasmania with his wife and infant son. It is said that he didn’t have a shilling to his name when they arrived in Launceston in 1859.
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In 2016, Tasmania celebrated 150 years of cricket with the establishment of the Southern Cricket Association in 1866. According to a featured article published in the Mercury in celebrating the anniversary, women have been playing in the state almost as long as the men, with girls high school matches recorded as far back as 1891.
This is the second part of a two part series on retailers in Burnie. For more information, please refer to the first part posted on 27 April 2018.
Last week I posted a selection of images from the Weekly Courier showing various retailers in and around Burnie. One image I was drawn to in particular was a bank situated at 75 Wilson Street. This bank had a prominent corner position with a balcony to the side and Doric columns supporting the front entrance.
The building in itself was designed by one of the more notable Tasmanian architects of the period, George Stanley Crisp. A typical example of his work is the Odeon at 167 Liverpool Street in Hobart. |
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